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The Book of Psalms
from the King James Version

The Book of Psalms, commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian
Bible. Taken together, its 150 poems "express virtually the full range of Israel's religious faith." They each
have a poetic character with frequent use of parallelism. In addition to the title of the collection, which
translates as "song" or "hymns" from both Hebrew and Greek, superscriptions (or headings) in many of the
Psalms provide musical references and some direction, in some cases even references to melodies that
would have been well known by early congregations. Songs that can be identified as such in the Psalms
include songs of thanksgiving (e.g., Ps 30), hymns of praise (e.g., Ps 117) and royal psalms, which may have
been used in coronations and weddings. Identification of some psalms as prayers is also seen within the
text, for example in the conclusion to Psalm 72, "The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended." The largest
category of Psalms, though not grouped as such in the text, is that of lament (expressions of complaint and
pleas for help from God). There appears to also have been an instructional function of the psalms as seen in
their references to the law (e.g., Ps 1 and 119). (Summary from Wikipedia)

01 - Psalms 1-11 - 00:15:57 - Read by GabrielleC • 02 - Psalms 12-21 - 00:16:05 - Read by Lucy Perry • 03

- Psalms 22-31 - 00:23:30 - Read by Sundiata • 04 - Psalms 32-37 - 00:19:41 - Read by Michael Packard •
05 - Psalms 38-45 - 00:14:45 - Read by von «06 - Psalms 46-55 - 00:21:23 - Read by Sundiata • 07 -
Psalms 56-66 - 00:20:21 - Read by Michael Packard • 08 - Psalms 67-72 - 00:20:20 - Read by Sundiata •
09 - Psalms 73-78 - 00:16:30 - Read by von • 10 - Psalms 79-88 - 00:19:29 - Read by Michael Packard • 11

- Psalms 89-96 - 00:17:01 - Read by TriciaG • 12 - Psalms 97-105 - 00:24:02 - Read by Sundiata • 13 -
Psalms 106-115 - 00:25:17 - Read by Michael Packard • 14 - Psalms 116-119 - 00:22:43 - Read by Abigail
Rasmussen • 15 - Psalms 120-138 - 00:19:38 - Read by Abigail Rasmussen • 16 - Psalms 139-150 -
00:20:16 - Read by Abigail Rasmussen

Total running time: 05:16:58. Book Coordinator/Dedicated Proof-Listener/Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging:
TriciaG.

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